In a case like this, the smallest imprudence might lead to fatal results.

To preserve his full strength and activity, a good swordsman should have as much care for his person as a tenor has for his voice.

The wrist is as delicate an organ as the throat--the articulations of the legs as sensitive as the vocal chords.

The mechanism suffers from the smallest disturbance; the instrument gets out of gear and will not answer to the player.

After a night of play or drink, Camillo Agrippa himself could not thrust straight, and his parries were neither sure nor rapid.